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Stars and solar physics

Stars and solar physics

NASA mission touches the edge of the Sun

05 Dec 2019
Parker Probe image of the Sun
Streaming from the Sun: this image from Parker Solar Probe’s WISPR instrument shows a coronal streamer over the east limb of the Sun. The bright object near the centre of the image is Mercury and the dark spots are a result of background correction. (Courtesy: NASA/Naval Research Laboratory/Parker Solar Probe)
The closest ever mission to the Sun has discovered dynamic structures in the solar wind that will he

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